§ 54. Mr. THOMASasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will say when an answer may be expected to the petitions of the prison warders of August last for a rise of pay, which has become necessary owing to the greatly increased cost of living during recent years?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. McKenna)I am sorry that I am not yet in a position to give any definite answer. I have been in communication with the Treasury, but it is on financial grounds impossible to arrive at any immediate decision. I can only say that the subject will be fully considered during the coming financial year.
§ Mr. CROOKSIs it not the fact that these men have been waiting twenty years for an increase of salary?
§ Mr. McKENNAI would like notice of that question.